Edmund Pettus Bridge

The Edmund Pettus Bridge carries U.S. Route 80 Business across the Alabama River in , United States. Built in 1940, it is named after Edmund Pettus, a former Confederate brigadier general, U.S. senator, and state-level leader of the Alabama Ku Klux Klan.
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Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Voting Rights Museum and Joseph T. Smitherman Historic Building.

Museum
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The and Institute, established in 1991 and opened in 1993, is an American museum in , which honors, chronicles, collects, archives, and displays the artifacts and testimony of the activists who participated in the… is situated 870 feet south of Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Museum
Photo: Altairisfar, Public domain.
The , also known by a variety of other names throughout its history, is a historic Greek Revival building in , United States. is situated 2,400 feet west of Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Movie theater
Photo: AlabamaSouthern, Public domain.
is a movie theater, which is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Selma.

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
is a city in . has the distinction of being a notable place in the pages of history, for its role in the Civil War and doubly-so for its role in the Civil Rights Movement.

Edmund Pettus Bridge

Latitude
32.40474° or 32° 24′ 17″ north
Longitude
-87.01816° or 87° 1′ 5″ west
Elevation
66 feet (20 metres)
Inception
1940
Named after
Edmund Pettus
Open location code
864JCX3J+VP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 649755419
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
4060264
Wiki­data ID
Q5339739
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Edmund Pettus Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “埃德蒙·佩特斯大橋”
  • Chinese: “埃德蒙·佩特斯桥”
  • Chinese: “埃德蒙·佩特斯橋”
  • Czech: “Most Edmunda Pettuse”
  • Dutch: “Edmund Pettus-brug”
  • Finnish: “Edmund Pettus Bridge”
  • French: “pont Edmund Pettus”
  • French: “Pont Edmund-Pettus”
  • German: “Edmund Pettus Bridge”
  • Italian: “Edmund Pettus Bridge”
  • Japanese: “エドマンド・ペタス橋”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Edmund Pettus”
  • Russian: “мост Эдмунда Петтуса”
  • Russian: “Мост Эдмунда Петтуса”
  • Slovenian: “Edmund Pettus Bridge”
  • Spanish: “puente Edmund Pettus”
  • Spanish: “Puente Edmund Pettus”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Water Avenue Historic District and Selmont.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Alabama River at Selma and Reflections Coffee Shoppe.

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